Characteristics Of Organisms

Characteristics Of Organisms  The objective of making a report about the characteristics of organisms is to be able to compare organisms to nonliving things.

A. Collecting Information About The Characteristics Of Organisms Organisms have specific characteristics which differentiate them from nonliving things.  Those characteristics are as follows. 1. Can Move 2. Need Food 3. Need Water 4. Need Oxygen To Breathe 5. Sensitive To Stimulation (Irritability) 6. Reproduce 7. Grow and Develop 8. Excrete Waste Substance 9. Need Certain Temperature 

A. Concluding and Making A Report About The Characteristics Of Organisms  Plants and animals are included into organisms, so they have the charac-teristics of living things. But there are characteristic differences between them.  The difference in characteristic among plants and animals are us follows. 1. Movement Method Animals move actively by changing places so we can easily see their movement, while the movement in plants passive movement (not changing places) so it is hard to see their movement. 2. Method Of Obtaining Food Plants can make their own food through the process of photosynthe-sis, on the contrary, animals cannot make

their own food, so their need for food depends on other organisms. Based on their food, animals are grouped into 3 groups as follows. a. Herbivores : animals which eat plants. b. Carnivores : animals which eat meat (of another animal). c. Omnivores : animals which eat plants and meat. 1. Method To Respond To Stimulus Plants have no particular organ to know the situation around, while animals have organs to know the situation around. The organ is kno-wn as sense.